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1 online resource (474 pages): illustrations (some color)

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Series

Special publications of the Lilly Library

Project MUSE EBA.

Note

"Special publications of the Lilly Library"--Preliminary page.

Summary

"In 1919, Florence Deshon-tall, radical, and charismatic-was well on her way to becoming one of Hollywood's brightest stars. Embroiled in a clandestine affair with Charlie Chaplin, she continued to remain romantically involved with the well-known writer and socialist Max Eastman. By 1922, she was found dead in a New York apartment, rumored to have committed suicide. Love and Loss in Hollywood: Florence Deshon, Max Eastman, and Charlie Chaplin uses previously unpublished letters between Deshon and Eastman to reconstruct their relationship against the backdrop of the "golden age" of Hollywood. Deshon's tragic life and her abuse at the hands of powerful men-including Chaplin, Eastman, and Samuel Goldwyn-resonate with the concerns of today's MeToo movement. Above all, though, this is a book about an extraordinary woman unjustly forgotten: a brilliant writer and campaigner for women's rights, driven both by her ambition to succeed and a boundless desire for life. Rich in tantalizing detail, Love and Loss in Hollywood chronicles crucial years of American film history, overshadowed by the pervasive fear of Bolshevism after World War I, the Red Riots, and the emergence of the big studios in Hollywood. This beautiful edition features dozens of unpublished photographs, among them six mesmerizing full-length portraits of Deshon by Adolph de Meyer, Vogue's first fashion photographer"-- Provided by publisher.

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Description based on print version record.

Subject

Eastman, Max, 1883-1969 (OCoLC)fst00008047

Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977 (OCoLC)fst00045131

Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977 -- Relations with women.

Eastman, Max, 1883-1969 -- Correspondence.

Deshon, Florence, 1893-1922 -- Correspondence.

Relations with women (OCoLC)fst01354410

Motion picture producers and directors (OCoLC)fst01027225

Motion picture actors and actresses (OCoLC)fst01027096

Editors (OCoLC)fst00902475

Authors, American (OCoLC)fst00821764

Actors (OCoLC)fst00796296

ART / Film & Video

Editors -- United States -- Biography.

Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.

Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography.

Actors -- United States -- Biography.

Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.

United States (OCoLC)fst01204155

Genre/Form

Personal correspondence.

Biographies.

Personal correspondence (OCoLC)fst01919948

Biographies (OCoLC)fst01919896

Electronic books.

Added Author

Irmscher, Christoph, editor.

Graham, Cooper C., 1938- editor.

Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)

Project Muse. distributor

ISBN

9780253052933

9780253052940

9780253052964

9780253052926